-Full backward compatibility with 6-, 24-, and 48-Gbps slot line cards with no performance degradation

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E is compatible with classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 line cards and power supplies, providing full investment protection. The Supervisor Engine 7-E is not compatible with classic Cisco Catalyst 4500 chassis. When you deploy the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E with classic line cards, all of the new features except the 24- and 48-Gbps per-slot switching capacity are inherited.

The Supervisor Engine 7-E is also optimized for multimedia applications with its advanced multicast support offered by features such as Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) and Source-Specific Multicast (SSM), giving your network additional scalability to support multimedia applications.

●Cisco IOS XE Software supports service virtualization capability that allows the Cisco Catalyst 4500E to host applications other than Cisco IOS Software, such as customer-written applications or third-party applications in parallel with Cisco IOS Software. The hosted application can communicate with Cisco IOS Software to use its rich feature sets. This benefit allows a customer to quickly adopt new technologies using proven code, while keeping Cisco IOS Software simple and robust. Cisco IOS XE Software enables the Cisco Catalyst 4500E to be an open service platform and is a primary anchor to enable future Cisco Borderless Networks innovations.

Best-in-Class Resiliency

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series was designed for excellent nonstop communications with noninterrupted hardware switching. With Cisco IO XE Software, customers continue to reap the benefit of this best-in-class resiliency in various ways.

ISSU allows you to upgrade or downgrade complete Cisco IOS Software images with minimal (less than 200 msec) to no disruption to the network when using a redundant Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series system with dual Supervisor Engines 7-E. Facilitating rapid, nondisruptive software upgrade for new line cards, new power supplies, new features, or bug fixes, ISSU offers continuous packet forwarding during the supervisor-engine switchover running different Cisco IOS Software releases.

NSF/SSO offers continuous packet forwarding during supervisor-engine switchover. Information is fully synchronized between supervisor engines to allow the standby supervisor engine to immediately take over in subsecond time if the primary fails.

NSF/SSO and ISSU dramatically improve the network reliability and availability in a Layer 2 or Layer 3 environment. NSF/SSO and ISSU are essential for business-critical applications such as voice over IP (VoIP). These features help ensure that VoIP calls are not dropped.

In addition to redundant power supplies, fans, and clock modules, the Cisco Catalyst 4510R+E, 4507R+E, 4510R-E, and 4507R-E chassis models support 1 + 1 supervisor-engine redundancy, using the Supervisor Engine 7-E. The primary supervisor engine is active and is responsible for normal system operation. Thesecondary supervisor engine serves as a standby, monitoring the operation of the primary supervisor engine. The resiliency features of the Cisco Catalyst 4500E prevent network outages that could result in lost business and revenue.

Apart from the features previously mentioned, Supervisor Engine 7-E has resiliency built into its uplinks. Figure 2 shows the uplink options on Supervisor Engine 7-E.

Any two Cisco® Catalyst® 4500E Series Switches with this supervisor engine can be pooled together into a VSS. The two switches are connected with 10/1 Gigabit Ethernet links called Virtual Switch Links (VSLs). These links are enabled through fiber as well as on copper connectivity. After a VSS is created, it acts as a single virtual Cisco Catalyst switch delivers up-to 1.6-terabit ofaggregate bandwidthwith 500Mpps performance. The solution supports up to 768 ports of 1-Gbps and 200 ports of 10-Gbps systems deployed with VSS. Cisco VSS on the Cisco Catalyst 4500E provides the following primary benefits:

●Simplified network operations:

-Providing a single point of management (with single IP address), it allows any updates, policy changes, and configurations to be synchronized between the two switches, eliminating error-prone manual synchronization.

As campus switching has grown to support increasing enterprise demands, so has the need to deploy and manage new and evolving technologies. Simplified operations are critical in meeting these challenges and achieving increased operational efficiency through proactive management and reduction in unplanned network downtime.

The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 7-E offers the following rich set of capabilities for simplified operations:

Lower Total Cost of Ownership and Ease of Use with Smart Install Director

Smart Install Director simplifies management of images and configurations for enterprise switches in campus and branch networks. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E, now acting as Smart Install Director, provides a single management point for images and configuration of directly or indirectly connected Cisco Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, and 3850 Series Switches. It provides for:

●Plug and play in switch deployment

●Zero-touch replacement of switches with the same configuration and image as the switch it is replacing

●Single point of image and configuration management, in which configuration and image management are centralized

●On-demand image and configuration updates across all downstream switches from a single touchpoint

Smart Install Director reduces the customer’s TCO and operational expense, while providing ease of use to the user.

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E is a validated component of the Cisco TrustSec® 2.1 architecture. This allows the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E to be transparently integrated into campus switching environments for a comprehensive security solution based on Cisco TrustSec. The Cisco Catalyst Supervisor Engine 7-E is a foundational element of the Cisco TrustSec architecture with support for the following functionalities:

●Device sensor: The device sensor on the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E enables the ability to recognize the devices connected to the switch. This feature also interoperates with the Cisco Identity Services Engine, providing for centralized view of all devices' access the network in a scalable manner. When combined with AutoSmartPorts (ASP), it also provides the ability to dynamically apply policies on the switch based on the device type. For more information, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/sec_usr_aaa/configuration/15-1sg/sec-dev-sensor.html.

●Identity-based networking: The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E has the most rich and robust set of IEEE 802.1X-based identity features to provide the right level of authenticated access to users. It also simplifies identity deployments with features such as Flexible Authentication, WebAuth, and MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB), as well as open mode for undisrupted operations while providing visibility of network access. The identity features also provide integrated support for IP telephony. It also provides for flexible authorization policies with VLAN assignment and dynamic ACLs. For more information, visit http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/15.1/XE_330SG/configuration/guide/dot1x.html.

●Role-based access control: The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E has hardware support for Cisco TrustSec Secure Group Access (SGA). TrustSec SGA simplifies access control security by defining it in terms of user roles instead of topology-based IP access control lists (ACLs). The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E has hardware support for secure group tagging (SGT) for classifying traffic from users based on roles, as well as secure group access control lists (SGACLs), which are role-based ACLs to apply access control to traffic with the secure group tag. For more information, visit:

The flow data collected by FNF can be exported to an external collector for analysis and reporting, or tracked by the EEM. The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Supervisor Engine 7-E enables powerful, on-box, and customizable event correlation and policy actions with EEM, allowing the switches to trigger customized event alarms or policy actions when the predefined condition is met. With no external appliance required, customers are able to use existing infrastructure to perform traffic monitoring, making traffic analysis economical even on a large IP network.

Already-installed Cisco Catalyst 4500E chassis with classic and E-Series line cards can take advantage of the new features and functions of the Supervisor Engine 7-E on all ports with a simple supervisor-engine upgrade. However, to take advantage of the increased switching capacity of 48 Gbps per slot, the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series chassis (including R+E chassis) and the select new E-Series line cards are required. You can mix and match Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series line cards and classic line cards in an E-Series chassis with no performance degradation to either line-card type. Table 2 shows the supervisor-engine and line-card slot-assignment options in the Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series chassis.

Table 2.Cisco Catalyst 4500E Chassis Slot-Assignment Options

Chassis

Single Supervisor Engine 7-E Slot Assignments

Redundant Supervisor Engine 7-E Slot Assignments

E-Series Line-Card Slot Options

Classic Line-Card Slot Options

Cisco Catalyst 4503-E

Slot 1

-

Slots 2 and 3

Slots 2 and 3

Cisco Catalyst 4506-E

Slot 1

-

Slots 2 through 6

Slots 2 through 6

Cisco Catalyst 4507R+E

Slot 3 or 4

Slots 3 or 4

Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7

Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7

Cisco Catalyst 4510R+E

Slots 5 or 6

Slots 5 or 6

Slots 1 to 4, and 7 to 10

Slots 1 to 4, and 7 to 10

Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E

Slot 3 or 4

Slots 3 or 4

Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7

Slots 1, 2, and 5 to 7

Cisco Catalyst 4510R-E

Slots 5 or 6

Slots 5 or 6

Slots 1 to 4, and 7 to 10

Slots 1 to 4, and 7 to 10

Table 3 summarizes the performance capacities of the Supervisor Engine 7-E on a per-chassis basis.

IPv6 is important for the future of IP networking and is critical for the expansion of IP address space in the future. IPv6 capability is required by many companies and is being mandated by governments worldwide. The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Supervisor Engine 7-E supports IPv6 Unicast and Multicast in hardware for full line-rate forwarding performance of up to 125 Mpps. The Supervisor Engine 7-E also dynamically allocates hardware table space between IPv4 and IPv6 routes to maximize table-space usage for optimal IPv4-to-IPv6 migration The Supervisor Engine 7-E supports Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping for IPv6, enhancing performance and reducing network traffic by allowing a switch to dynamically add and remove hosts from a multicast group.

●Interoperable: Cisco EVN provides network topology isolation based on an RFC-defined control plane; for example, Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP), Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Multicast etc. The data-plane security and protection are maintained through industry-standard IEEE 802.1Q. In addition, the Cisco EVN‑supported system interoperates with peer Cisco EVN, Multi-VRF, and MPLS systems.

Features at a Glance

Cisco IOS XE Software LAN Base: This feature set on the Supervisor 7-E-based bundles provides Layer 2 features for access.

Cisco IOS XE Software IP Base: This feature set is upgradable with a software activation license (SAL). It includes all Layer 2 features and some basic Layer 3 features. ISSU/SSO is supported in this package.

Cisco IOS XE Software Enterprise Services: This feature set is upgradable with a SAL; it supports full Layer 3 protocols and advanced features such as complete routing scalability (256,000), BGP, VRF, Policy-Based Routing, and so on.

These features can be enabled using the software-licensing mechanism. For details about software licensing, refer to the “Licensing” section later in this document or visit http://www.cisco.com/go/sa.

The Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series Supervisor Engine 7-E is supported only in Cisco IOS Software and is not supported in the Cisco Catalyst Operating System Software. The minimum software version is as follows:

●Supervisor Engine 7-E, Cisco IOS XE Software Release 3.1.0 SG

Environmental Conditions

●Operating temperature: 32 to 104ºF (0 to 40ºC)

●Storage temperature: -40 to 167ºF (-40 to 75ºC)

●Relative humidity: 10 to 90 percent, noncondensing

●Operating altitude: -60 to 3000m

Power and MTBF Information

Active supervisor power = 280W

Standby supervisor power = 224W

This result is not indicative of the actual power draw during operation. It is the absolute maximum value recommended for facility power and cooling capacity planning. Typical power draw is about 20 percent lower than the maximum value shown.

The Cisco limited lifetime hardware warranty (LLW) includes 10-day advance hardware replacement for as long as the original end user owns the product. Table 7 describes the limited lifetime hardware warranty.

Your formal warranty statement, including the warranty applicable to Cisco software, appears in the Cisco information packet that accompanies your Cisco product. We encourage you to review carefully the warranty statement shipped with your specific product before use.

Adding a Cisco technical services contract to your device coverage provides benefits not available with warranty, including access to the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC), a variety of hardware replacement options to meet critical business needs, updates for licensed Cisco IOS Software, and registered access to the extensive Cisco.com knowledge base and support tools. Table 7 describes the benefits and features of Cisco technical services.

In the event of discontinuance of product manufacture, Cisco warranty support is limited to 5 years from the announcement of discontinuance

Hardware replacement

Cisco or our service center will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement part within 10 business days after receipt of the RMA request and confirmation that a replacement part is the appropriate response. Actual delivery times may vary depending on customer location

Effective date

Hardware warranty commences from the date of shipment to the customer (and in case of resale by a Cisco reseller, not more than 90 days after original shipment by Cisco)

Cisco TAC support

None

Cisco.com access

The warranty allows guest access only to Cisco.com

1 Cisco reserves the right to refund the purchase price as its exclusive warranty remedy.

Cisco and Partner Services

Enable the innovative, secure, intelligent edge in the Cisco Borderless Networks Architecture using personalized services from Cisco and our partners. Through a discovery process that begins with understanding your business objectives, we help you integrate the next-generation Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches into your architecture and incorporate network services onto that platform. Sharing knowledge and leading practices, we support your success every step of the way as you deploy, absorb, manage, and scale new technology. Choose from a flexible suite of support services designed to meet your business needs and help you maintain high-quality network performance while controlling operational costs. Table 8 shows the Cisco technical services available for Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series Switches.

●Business hours access to TAC for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) (access levels vary by region)

●Access to Cisco.com SMB knowledge base

●Online technical resources through Smart Foundation Portal

●Operating system software bug fixes and patches

Cisco Focused Technical Support Services

Three levels of premium, high-touch services are available

●Cisco High-Touch Operations Management Service

●Cisco High-Touch Technical Support Service

●Cisco High-Touch Engineering Service

Valid Cisco SMARTnet® or SP Base contracts on all network equipment are required

Footnotes:

1. Cisco operating system updates include the following: maintenance releases, minor updates, and major updates within the licensed feature set.

2. Advance hardware replacement is available in various service-level combinations. For example, 8 x 5 x NBD indicates that shipment will be initiated during the standard 8-hour business day, 5 days a week (the generally accepted business days within the relevant region), with NBD delivery. Where NBD is not available, same-day shipment is provided. Restrictions apply; please review the appropriate service descriptions for details.